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BBC – Merely Marvelous The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019) 720p HDTV

22/08/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019) 720p HDTV
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Category: Documentary

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A celebration of the life and artistry of Broadway’s greatest dancing star, Gwen Verdon. She overcame many obstacles, including rickets, the Hollywood system, a loveless first marriage and a difficult second marriage to choreographer/director Bob Fosse, to become a multi-Tony Award-winning performer. Gwen’s life is told through interviews with family members and theatre associates as well as a mine of rare footage from her Broadway and Hollywood careers. Merely Marvelous is the story of a brave woman who rose to the very top of her profession. [Read more…]

BBC – Inside the Factory Croissants (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Inside the Factory: Croissants (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 1.94 GB
Category: Documentary

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Inside the Factory: Croissants
Gregg Wallace is in France at an enormous croissant factory where they produce 336,000 of the flaky pastries every day.
Meanwhile, Cherry Healey is testing the best way to eat a croissant. With the help of a professor who specialises in the science of our senses, she discovers that there is an optimum way to consume them.
Historian Ruth Goodman is in Paris investigating the croissant’s surprising Austrian origins. It is thought that it originated with a pastry called a kipferl, which Austrian bakers invented in the 17th century to commemorate a heroic victory over the armies of the Ottoman Empire. [Read more…]

BBC – Inside the Secret World of Incels (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Inside the Secret World of Incels (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 618 MB
Category: Documentary

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Looks at the incel community, an online subculture linked to multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women.
In 2014, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger shot and stabbed six of his fellow students to death in a premeditated attack at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His motive? In a chilling video Rodger said he was angry that he was still a virgin and in his words wanted to show himself as ‘the true alpha male’ by punishing women for not being attracted to him.
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BBC – Inside the Factory Cherry Bakewells (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Inside the Factory: Cherry Bakewells (2019) 1080p HDTV
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Inside the Factory: Cherry Bakewells
Gregg Wallace is in Stoke-on-Trent at an enormous cherry bakewell factory where they produce 250,000 little tarts every day.
Meanwhile, Cherry Healey is learning how to swerve a soggy pastry bottom when baking pies and tarts at home.
Historian Ruth Goodman is sniffing out the origins of one of the cherry bakewell’s key ingredients, frangipane. She learns that, surprisingly, the familiar fragrant almond filling was born out of a perfume used to disguise the foul smells of 17th-century Paris. [Read more…]

BBC Arena – Cindy Sherman #untitled (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC Arena – Cindy Sherman #untitled (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 604 MB
Category: Documentary

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Cindy Sherman is one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. She is also notoriously elusive. So, it is a coup for Arena to get this in-depth and revealing audio interview with her. An exuberant weave of art and archive gives us a rare insight into one of the most influential artists alive today. [Read more…]

BBC The Sky at Night – The Moon, The Mission and The BBC (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC The Sky at Night – The Moon, The Mission and The BBC (2019) 1080p HDTV
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Category: Documentary

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo mission to put a man on the moon, The Sky at Night looks back through the archives to tell the story of how the BBC reported the moonshot, with some very special guests. Scientist John Zarneki discusses the huge scientific and engineering challenge. The first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, reveals just how accurate the predictions and preparations for life in space were. And writer and broadcaster James Burke – who reported the whole amazing story at the time – explains why NASA loved the BBC and how he gained access to the command module for an episode of Tomorrow’s World. [Read more…]

BBC Imagine – Faith Ringgold Tell It Like It Is (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC Imagine – Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 656 MB
Category: Documentary

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Harlem-born artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold painted some of the most truthful and empowering representations of African Americans during the civil rights and women’s movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
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BBC – Our Classical Century Breaking the Sound Barrier (2019) 720p HDTV

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BBC – Our Classical Century: Breaking the Sound Barrier (2019) 720p HDTV
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Category: Documentary

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Part 4 of 4.
Suzy Klein and West-End star Alexandra Burke chart how, in the 80s and 90s, a new generation of young musicians – from Simon Rattle and Nigel Kennedy to Vanessa-Mae – defied tradition and burst out of the accepted confines of the classical genre. We look at Torvill and Dean’s triumph at the Winter Olympics, the Three Tenors at Italia 90, Tavener’s haunting anthem accompanying the funeral of Princess Diana and the successful launch of Classic FM.
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BBC Natural World – Hippos: Africa’s River Giants (2019) 1080p HDTV

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BBC Natural World – Hippos: Africa’s River Giants (2019) 1080p HDTV
English | Size: 1.35 GB
Category: Documentary

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David Attenborough reveals the life of the hippopotamus as never seen before. With incredible underwater footage, this film delves into the world of the hippo – an animal that cannot swim yet is utterly dependent on water.
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BBC Panorama – Is Labour Anti-Semitic (2019) 720p HDTV

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BBC Panorama – Is Labour Anti-Semitic? (2019) 720p HDTV
English | Size: 792 MB
Category: Documentary

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Panorama goes inside the anti-Semitism crisis gripping Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. With exclusive interviews from key insiders and access to confidential communications and documents, this is the story of how the crises developed. Reporter John Ware reveals the evasions and contradictions at the heart of the political party which leader Jeremy Corbyn says has anti-racism at its very core. [Read more…]